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Very High Tech - Elevator Garages in an NYC Hi-Rise

Posted by Zonk on from the moving-on-up dept.

theodp writes "If the hassle of getting groceries from the parking garage to your 12th floor condo has been holding you back from buying a deluxe apartment in the sky, wait no more. Wired reports on the En-Suite Sky Garages at 200 Eleventh Avenue (Flash) in Chelsea, where an 8,000-pound-capacity freight elevator will whisk your Bentley directly into your pad. The convenience doesn't come cheap — a garage-equipped 2BR starts at $4.7M."

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  1. one at a time please! by lucas+teh+geek · · Score: 4, Insightful

    yay, now along with being stuck in traffic every morning, you also get the pleasure of waiting for your turn to use the damn lift every morning before you can even leave home.

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    1. Re:one at a time please! by Nefarious+Wheel · · Score: 4, Insightful

      If you're that rich, are you going to queue up to go to work in the morning? Naah, wait for the rabble to clear first.

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  2. Your all missing the point - it's about security by timmarhy · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Security for both you and your car. no bitch can key your $250k car and no homeless bum can jump you in the car park.

    I would totally pay for one if i had the cash.

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  3. Consider by fishbowl · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The kind of people who "live" in the really expensive NYC real estate tend to not spend much time there themselves. These apartments are status symbols. Places to send your clients who want something better than a Times Square hotel room. Places to have an occasional party. That sort of thing. The person who has a Bentley and a $5 million apartment in NYC also has a "ranch" outside Denver, a mansion on the Big Island of Hawaii, and an island in the Caribbean... and somebody on the payroll to deal with the Bentley, and drive it, and park it. Not for the owner. For the people the owner is trying to impress...

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  4. Re:They will sell by JonathanR · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It would be much more cost effective to pay somebody else to haul your groceries up the stairs.